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UPDATE: Officials monitor hot spots at Blue Grass Stockyards

More than 24 hours after a massive and destructive fire in Lexington, firefighters remain at the scene making sure it doesn't flare back up.

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Updated: 7:11 PM EST Jan 31, 2016

UPDATE: Officials monitor hot spots at Blue Grass Stockyards

More than 24 hours after a massive and destructive fire in Lexington, firefighters remain at the scene making sure it doesn't flare back up.

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Updated: 7:11 PM EST Jan 31, 2016

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WEBVTT STOCKYARDS -- THOUSANDS RE POWER. >> IT IS HEARTBREAKING AND THEY WILL REBUILD SAME. >> IT WAS AFTER SATURDAY AFTERNOON. >> IS THAT SMOKE OR FIRE >> THERE WAS A MASSIVE BLACK CLOUD OF SMOKE. IT TOOK 120 FIREFIGHTERS TO GET FLAMES UNDER CONTROL. THEY ARE CALLING IT THE WORST THEY HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST 30 NO LIVES WERE LOST. >> THE CREWS GOT TO WORK TODAY AND SHE WORKS AT T STOCKYARDS. >> AS LONG AS I CAN RESTORE THE ELECY, WILL WORK OUT A HOME. BUSINESS AS USUAL. >> THE WINDY WEATHER IS NO YESTERDAY, 70 FOOT FLAMES WITH NEIGHBORIN IT IS MAKING A CHALLENGE AND A REBUILDING MIND. >> AND WE WILL REBUILD SOMETHING . >> EVEN IF IT IS DOWNTOWNLEXINGTON, BARBARA KNOWS THE STOCKYARDS WILL ALE ON. >> IT IS A HISTORICAL PLACE, YOU

UPDATE: Officials monitor hot spots at Blue Grass Stockyards

More than 24 hours after a massive and destructive fire in Lexington, firefighters remain at the scene making sure it doesn't flare back up.